Tuesday, August 01, 2017

Hollywood Invokes God's Blessing On John McCain

It's a rare day when Hollywood celebrities invoke God or His blessing on any thing or anyone---but it has happened.

Rosie O'Donnell, Cher and a number of others are asking God to bless John McCain.

Personal note.Yesterday morning on our live radio program, I mentioned that I felt Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci was going to be a major problem---not a solution for the Trump administration. We mentioned that we feel he is self centered and self serving. We were apparently not the only one who felt that way. Almost immediately following retired Marine General John Kelly becoming Chief of Staff yesterday morning---Scaramucci was fired---10 days after he had been hired. Great decision.

Rosie O'Donnell, Cher, and others are actually asking God to bless John McCain, and are showering him with love and affirmation for casting a decisive vote as one of 3 Republicans who joined all the Democratic senators in killing the attempted repeal of Obamacare.

Interestingly, it was John McCain who repeatedly called for the repeal of Obamacare after it became law in 2010, yet when given the opportunity to actually repeal it, he and two of his Republican colleagues killed the opportunity to kill Obamacare.

This is a video of some of McCain's dramatic appeals to repeal. If it wasn't so sad and didn't affect so many people's lives, it would be humorous---but in light of its gravity---it's pathetic.

What has changed? Is John's personal dislike for President Trump such that it justifies these kinds of actions? Has McCain "evolved toward socialism?" Is his physical condition affecting his judgment?

Who knows? Only God knows his heart.

However, we do know that Congress' inability to act on health care is going to have ramifications that reach far beyond the political aspirations of the "public servants" we have elected.

The map currently shows that nationwide, 49 counties are projected to have no issuers, meaning that Americans in these counties could be without coverage on the Exchanges in 2018, the agency says.

They are projecting that 1332 counties---over 40% of counties nationwide---could have only one issuer in 2018.

The data also shows that at least 27,660 Americans currently enrolled for health coverage on the Exchanges live in the counties projected to be without any coverage in 2018.

CMS is predicting that because of lack of options in the health care market, more than 2.3 million Obamacare participants may not be able to receive the coverage they need.

Average premiums between 2016 and 2017 rose by 21.6%, while participation in the Health Insurance Exchange has declined by 31.2%.

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Seema Verma told the press, "I am deeply concerned about the crises situation facing the individual market in many states across the nation."

It's unfortunate that our elected officials can't find that level of concern.

It was John F. Kennedy who popularized the phrase, "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country."

Perhaps that's a thought that could be re-introduced--- not necessarily to the youth of our country, but to those mature folks whom we have elected to look out for the best interests of we the people, rather than their own aspirations regarding their next election.

Self-service vs public service is not new to our generation.

Founding Father Samuel Adams got fed up with it today, August 1, back in 1776 when some were trying to please both the King and the colonists:

The vast majority of Celebrities stand for ideological principles that are in direct conflict with God's laws and Christ’s heart. These individuals who are (thanking God or asking God??) are simply using God as a stunt to gain press and recognition. Otherwise they are converting to belief in the one true God and their ideology is inevitably changing.

My fear is that the former motive is their driver, and that means as Christ followers we should be praying for their souls as we simultaneously warn them that using almighty God as a prop will inevitably have eternal consequences. Perhaps social media is the appropriate venue to pass the warning on to them.

The best appraisal of John McCain is that he has completely lost touch with the people in the midst of the fantasy bubble of greed for power and control using deception and corruption as tools, which we commonly refer to as our Congress. In obedience to Christ, Christians should also be praying for Mr. McCain in the same fashion.

"Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely"...and for Hollywood the word "power" could be replaced with the word "Fame".